Beer-cooling apparatus.



H. J. SANDELL. BEER COOLING APPARATUS. APPLICATION IILBD mum, 191a,

To all whom it may concern:

"an srnras rn'ra OFFICE.

HARRY J. SANDEIIL, 0]! MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BEER-COOLING APPARATUS.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

Be it known that I, HARRY J. SANonLn a citizen of the United States, residing at; Minneapolis, 1n the county of Hennepin and;

State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Cooling Apparatus; and Ida hereby declare the: following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en-f able others skilled in the art to which itappertains to makeand use the same,

My invention has for its object to provide V a beer cooling apparatus, and to such ends,

generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of de-; vices hereinafter described and defined, in! \the claims.

More particularly stated, this invention; relates to means for dispensing beer or for; delivering the same from a keg within an ice boxcontained in the basement, to a faucet at the bar, and providing means for keeping the beer cool for delivery at the faucet.

Referring to the drawing, the single figure is a vertical section illustrating my beer cooling apparatus.

The numeral 1 indicates a bar which may be assumed to be on the ground fioor, and the numeral 2 indicates an ice chest assumed to be in the basement.

The numeral 3 indicates a beer keg or barrel in the ice box 2.

The'numeral 4 indicates the cooler ice box or receptacle which is secured under the top of the bar 1, and preferably has a sink 5 connected thereto to receive the drippin s from the dispensing faucet 6 applied to t e said box 4:. The faucet 6 is connected to the upper end of a beer pipe 7 that extends downward through the cooler box 1 and into the keg or barrel 3 which, as noted, is contained within the basement or cellar ice box. The beer pipe 7 also extends through a large cooler stack orconductor pipe 8 that extends from the cooler box 4, through the top of the cellar box 2, and is preferably provided with a heat insulating covering 9. An overflow pipe 10, preferably of about the "same size as the beer pipe 7, extends upward through the cooler stack 8, leading from a point near tothe bottom thereof, and with its upper end extending wellJu'p within' the cooler box 4 and serving to determine the normal water. level within the said cooler box. .The upper end portion of the 11 will be closed by a cap said overflow pipe 10 is laterally offset and is extended centrally upward through the upper end portion of a relatively large drain pipe 11 that extends downward through the bottom of the said cooler box and leads to a suitable point of discharge, such as to a sewer connection. The upper end portion of this drain pipe 11 extends above the upper end of the overflow pipe 10, and usually the upper end of said pipe 11. The sink 5 is shown as connected to the drain pipe 11 by a branch drain pipe 12.

Ice will be placed in the cooler box 4 and the melting ice will, of course, form water, which, when the level rises above the upper end of the overflow pipe 10, will run therefrom into the drain pipe 11, thus automatically maintaining the level indicated. The diameter of the drain pipe 11 is so much greater than that of the overflow pipe 10 that it is impossible to start a syphon action even with the upper end of the said drain pipe 11 tightly closed, but with the first downward from the box 4 through the I stack 8 to the bottom of the latter, and from thence, upward through the overflow pipe 10, and overflowing the upper end of the said pipe 10 will run downward through the drain pipe 11. In this way, the cold water is drawn downward into the stack 8 to the very bottom thereof, and thereby a very highly eflicient cooling action is produced on the beer or other liquid which passes through the dispensing pipe 7. In fact, with this arrangement, the cooling water at the bottom of the stack 8 is kept as cold as at the coldest point within the box 4.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with an ice box having a depending water stack, of a dispensing 'pipe extending through said water stack and ice box, an overflow ipe'extending through said water stack wit its lower end located nearthe bottom of said stack and with its upper end located within said ice box to determine the level of the water to be maintained therein, and a drain ipe extending -ing t e upper end ofsaid overflow pipe but extending above the same andreceiving the overflow water therefrom.

2. The combination with an ice box having a depending water stack, of a dispensing .pipe extending through said water stack and ice] box, an overflow pi e extending through said water stack with itslower end located near the bottom of said stack and with its upper end located within said ice box to determine the level of the water to be maintained therein, a drain ipe extending from said ice box to a suita le point of discharge and having its upper end sur-; rounding the upper end of said overflow pipe but extending above the same and re-; oeiving the overflow water therefrom, and a capclosing the upper end of said drain pipe;

3. The combination with an ice box hav- I ing a depending water stack, of a dispensing; pipe extending longitudinally through said stack and through said ice box, anoverfiow pipe extended upward through said stack from a point near to the bottom thereof and having its upper end ofiset within said box and determining the level of the water to be maintained therein, and adrain pipe having a relatively large diameter as compared with said overflow pipe and having its upfrom a point near to the bottom thereof and said overflow ipe and having its upper end per end extended within said ice box and I surrounding the oflset upper end portion of said overflow pipe and terminating at a point abovethe upper-end of said overflow pipe. I

4:. The combination with an ice box having a depending water stack, of a dispensing pipe extending longitudinally through said stack and through said ice box, an overflow pipe extended upward through said stack having its upper end offset within said box and determining the level of the water to be maintained therein, a drain pipe having a relatively large diameter as compared with extended with1n said ice box and surrounding the ofiset upper end portion of said overflow pipe and terminating at a point above the upper end of said overflow pipe, and a detachable cap normally closing the upper 5 end of said drain plpe.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I 1 M'RY J. SANDELL. Witnesses: v

F. D. MERCHANT,

HARRY D. KILGORE. 

